From Nave’s Topical Bible
Vows
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 53Passages listed
- 15Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Mosaic laws concerningLeviticus 23:37Leviticus 23:38Numbers 29:39
- Must be voluntary, see below
- Must be performed, see below
- Estimation of the redemption price of things offered in vows, to be made by the priest, according to age and sex of the person making the offeringLeviticus 27:1–13
- The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priestLeviticus 27:14Leviticus 27:15
- Of a fieldLeviticus 27:16–25
- Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offeredLeviticus 7:16–18
- Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or templeDeuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 12:11Deuteronomy 12:17Deuteronomy 12:18Deuteronomy 12:26
- Belonged to the priestsNumbers 18:14
- Rash
- By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successfulJudges 11:29–40
- The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites with 20:21Judges 21:5Judges 21:6
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- Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a "dog" (male prostitute of a pagan shrine)Deuteronomy 23:18
- A minor, of himselfMark 7:11–13
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGenesis 28:20Genesis 28:21Genesis 31:13Leviticus 5:4–13Leviticus 22:18–25Numbers 15:2–16Numbers 30:1–16Deuteronomy 23:18Deuteronomy 23:21–23Job 22:27Psalms 22:25Psalms 50:14Psalms 50:15Psalms 56:12Psalms 61:5Psalms 61:8Psalms 65:1Psalms 66:13Psalms 66:14Psalms 76:11
- See Contract
- See Covenant
- INSTANCES OF
- Of Jacob, see aboveGenesis 28:20–22
- Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idolJudges 17:2Judges 17:3
- Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed with 1:27,281 Samuel 1:11
- Of Elkanah1 Samuel 1:21
- Of Absalom2 Samuel 15:72 Samuel 15:8
- Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornicationJob 31:1
- Of DavidPsalms 132:2
- Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their landActs 5:1–11
- Of the Jews, to kill PaulActs 23:12–15
- Of Jephthah, and of the Israelites
- See Rash Vows, above
- See Nazarite
The passages, in Bible order (53)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
Commentary on Genesis 28:201 voice
And Jacob vowed a vow,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 28:21
so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
Commentary on Genesis 28:211 voice
So that I come again to my father's house in peace,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
Commentary on Genesis 31:131 voice
I am the God of Bethel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 5:4–13
Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
Commentary on Leviticus 5:4–131 voice
Or if a soul swear,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 7:16–18
If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
Commentary on Leviticus 7:16–181 voice
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 22:18–25
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
Commentary on Leviticus 22:18–251 voice
Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 23:37
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
Commentary on Leviticus 23:371 voice
These are the feasts of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 23:38
These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.
Commentary on Leviticus 23:381 voice
Beside the sabbaths of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 27:1–13
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Commentary on Leviticus 27:1–131 voice
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After he had delivered the body of laws in the preceding chapter, which by the close of the last seem to have been finished; but here some rules and instructions concerning vows are given, which a man was not obliged to make, but which he did of his own freewill and good pleasure: saying; as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 27:14
Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.
Commentary on Leviticus 27:142 voices
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Shall sanctify his house - The yearly rent of which, when thus consecrated, went towards the repairs of the tabernacle, which was the house of the Lord.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Leviticus 27:15
But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
Commentary on Leviticus 27:151 voice
And if he that sanctifieth it will redeem his house,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 27:16–25
If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
Commentary on Leviticus 27:16–252 voices
And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Some part of a field - Though the preceding words are not in the text, yet it is generally allowed they should be supplied here, as it was not lawful for a man to vow his whole estate, and thus make his family beggars, in order to enrich the Lords sanctuary: this God would not permit. The rabbins teach that the land or field, whether good or bad, was valued at forty-eight shekels, for all the years of the jubilee, provided the field was large enough to sow a homer of barley.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Numbers 15:2–16
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
Commentary on Numbers 15:2–162 voices
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
When ye be come into the land - Some learned men are of opinion that several offerings prescribed by the law were not intended to be made in the wilderness, but in the promised land; the former not affording those conveniences which were necessary to the complete observance of the Divine worship in this and several other respects.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
Commentary on Numbers 18:141 voice
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. Fields, houses, cattle, &c. if absolutely devoted to the Lord, they were the priest's; but if devoted to certain uses, they were appropriated to those uses, as the repairs of the temple, &c. see Lev 27:1.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 29:39
You are to present these offerings to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, or peace offerings.”
Commentary on Numbers 29:391 voice
These things ye shall do to the Lord, in your set feasts,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 30:1–16
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
Commentary on Numbers 30:1–161 voice
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes,.... Or the princes of them, who could more easily be convened, and who used to meet on certain occasions, and on whom it lay to see various laws put in execution: concerning the children of Israel; how they ought to conduct and behave in the following case, it being an affair which concerned them all: saying, this is the thing which the Lord hath commanded; relating to vows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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